Lefebvre, who is charged with three counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, returns to court at 3 p.m. Jan. 22 for a hearing. He has a tentative trial date of March 7.

Lefebvre’s attorney, Rolland Sizemore, declined to comment following the hearing.

Lefebvre was arrested Thursday after the complainant’s grandmother alleged Lefebvre had contact with the victim on Snapchat.

Lefebvre reportedly posted a photograph of himself and his mother that he took at a family dinner using his mother’s cellphone. The post was visible to people on his friends’ list, which apparently included the victim in the pending criminal case.

Authorities said the victim’s grandmother saw the post, took a screenshot of it and reported it to police.

Prosecutor William Vailliencourt said police arrested and prepared a complaint alleging Lefebvre violation bond at 2:37 p.m. Wednesday when "the defendant sent the victim his photo on Snapchat with the message 'snapping from your mom's phone' (and) then the defendant sent a direct text through Snapchat consisting of a question mark."

The defense, however, alleges Lefebvre’s mother looked at her cellphone and saw a Snapchat notification that the victim had screenshot the photo. That prompted the mother - not the defendant - to reply with a question mark.

Lefebvre, 17, is one of three Pinckney Community High School students charged with sexually assaulting the 15-year-old girl at a home on Dexter Street in December.

Lefebvre and Jacob Glenn Houck, also 17, are both charged with giving alcohol to the girl, and Lefebvre also is charged with one count of child abusive commercial activity for allegedly taking one photograph of a sexual activity.

Lefebvre and Houck both waived probable-cause hearings on the condition the case would be resolved at a pretrial hearing in Circuit Court.

If a resolution is not reached, the case returns to district court for the hearing, which would determine if there is enough evidence to send the case to trial.

The third suspect, a 16-year-old student, is charged as a juvenile and he returns to court Feb. 1. He also is charged with third-degree CSC.

A fourth Pinckney student was taken into custody in connection with the alleged assault, but he was released pending additional investigation. Police have not provided additional information as it relates to the fourth individual.